- BNP bigwigs, Nizami indicted in Gatco case
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday finally approved the charge sheet against detained former premier Khaleda Zia, her younger son Arafat Rahman Koko and 22 others for illegally awarding container-handling job at two container depots in Dhaka and Chittagong to Gatco.
The approved charge sheet dropped the names of seven of the 18 persons, including former bureaucrats [...] (local) - No bar to try Hasina for extortion under EPR
The Supreme Court yesterday paved the way for the government to proceed with the extortion case against former premier Sheikh Hasina that was brought under EPR, though the alleged offence was committed before declaring the state of emergency.
The apex court yesterday pronounced its judgment allowing the government appeal against a High Court verdict and clearing [...] (local) - Polls must as per EC roadmap
Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed yesterday reaffirmed his government’s commitment to holding a free, fair, neutral and credible election following the roadmap announced by the Election Commission (EC).
The head of the caretaker government stated it again when the visiting US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Affairs Richard Boucher and Coordinator for [...] (local) - ACC team starts to probe DCC graft
The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday said it has formed a special team to investigate institutional corruption in Dhaka City Corporation (DCC).
Besides, the ACC yesterday approved three separate charge sheets against former BNP lawmaker Shahidul Islam, former BRTC Chairman Taimur Alam Khandaker, and deputy forest conservator Laskar Maksudur Rahman.
Shahid will be charged for misappropriation of corrugated [...] (local) - BNP reformists reels on Gatco indictment
The pro-reform BNP faction finds itself in a leadership crisis after the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday approved charge sheet in the Gatco graft case including names of Saifur Rahman and Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan.
It was already in much trouble following Saifur’s statement on Wednesday that his position as acting chairperson has become somewhat invalid with four [...] (local) - Aman gets 7yrs for Tk 10 lakh extortion
A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced detained former state minister for labour and employment Amanullah Aman to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment (RI) for extorting Tk 10 lakh from a businessman in June of 2004.
Aman was earlier sentenced to 13 years’ imprisonment for amassing huge wealth through illegal means.
The court also sentenced one to five years’ [...] (local) - EC for selection of Zilla Parishad chairman
The Election Commission (EC) has strongly opposed the caretaker government’s move to introduce direct elections to the post of zilla parishad chairman.
Citing a number of difficulties in introducing the new system, the commission suggested that the zilla parishad chairman should be selected by the government.
Regarding creation of two posts of vice-chairman in zilla and [...] (local) - SC Bar plans ?silent protest? against Appellate Division
Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) will not give traditional farewell to the incumbent Chief Justice Mohammad Ruhul Amin when he retires next month.
As a mark of ’silent protest’ against the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, the SCBA will also refrain from organising a programme to welcome the new chief justice who will be appointed [...] (local) - AL won?t take part in polls if Hasina not freed
Awami League (AL) acting President Zillur Rahman yesterday reiterated that the AL would not take part in the upcoming parliamentary election without the release of detained party President Sheikh Hasina.
?Our first and principal demand is that Sheikh Hasina will have to be freed. We hope that the caretaker government will resolve the prevailing political crisis [...] (local) - 2 to die, ex-DCC commissioner, 9 others jailed
A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced two men to death, nine to 43 years’ rigorous imprisonment (RI) each and a former Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) ward commissioner to 13 years’ in jail in the sensational Lalbagh seven-murder case.
Judge ATM Musa of Public Safety Disturbance Crime Prevention Tribunal delivered the verdict at a packed courtroom in the [...] (local)
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